Method of heating a building structure with solar heat

Patent · Wed Oct 16 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7365748

Keyes, J H; Strickland, C I; Strickland, R G

A method of heating a building structure comprising the steps of: absorbing solar heat on a collector surface wherein said collector surface is insulated from the ambient environment, passing air across the collector surface in a heat transfer process whereby the heat absorbed by the collector surface is transferred to the air, passing the hot air leaving the collector surface through a horizontal duct disposed at a lower elevation than the collector surface, passing the hot air emanating from said duct into an elevated storage chamber wherein said storage chamber has material with heat absorbent and heat retaining characteristics whereby heat in the hot air is transferred from the hot air to said material and retained thereby, and intermittently directing a utility flow of fluid from said storage chamber into the building structure via a duct disposed at a lower elevation than said storage chamber to reduce the temperature differential between the interior of the building structure and the interior of the storage chamber.

• Assignee: International Solarthermics Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 3946944
• OSTI ID: 7365748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
BUILDINGS
DESIGN
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING